As such, in the latter novel, Torrance is haunted by memories of the earlier book and, at its outset, uses alcohol and cocaine as a way of dealing with his supernatural powers. There’s probably a good reason for that - King was a raging alcoholic when he wrote The Shining and had been sober for decades when he approached Doctor Sleep. The sequel earned accolades - it won a Bram Stoker Award - but it is very different in tone from King’s earlier work. It features the boy protagonist of the book, Danny Torrance, now all grown up as an adult. The obvious thing about this book is that it is a sequel to The Shining (and follows the events of that novel as opposed to the Stanley Kubrick movie). When I penned my review of Stephen King’s Revival earlier this year, a couple of my friends on Facebook urged me to go back and also review King’s 2013 novel, Doctor Sleep, because they thought I might enjoy it. I have a whole slew of books on my To Be Read or TBR pile, and I decided to go back and pluck this one for a review as a bit of a break between writing about new books.
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